Graham Powell wrote:> I just finished a new collection of Robert Leslie
Bellem's Dan Turner> stories called ROSCOES IN THE NIGHT. I have to
admit, it was a lot of
fun.> Also, very interesting to see how Dan progressed.
The stories are
arranged> chronologically, so you can see how they started out
as pretty standard> "racy pulp" material. Within a few years, Dan had
developed that unique> vocabulary, where "glims" are eyes, "geetus" is
cash, people "ankle"
instead> of walk, etc.

***************************** I took a Dan Turner
magazine-style story collection to the YMCA a couple weeks
ago and read a couple stories while on the stepper. They're
pretty good. "Lamped" is "look."

His stories remind of that audio parody called Dick
Dangerous, I think. I remember him talking about a girl's
"creamy thighs" and guffawing over it when I was a teenager.
Who is this? Firesign Theater?

miker

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